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ROSENBERG is on the spot:
What is good and what is not?
We're bewildered, so you see,
He will tell both you and me.
The world is in an awful state-
Things are quite degenerate;
Pendulums swing from day to
day-
But Rosenberg is here to stay.
Blessings on you, little man,
Stand and do the best you can;
Folks may criticize with glee-
But they are only fools, like me.
Our scope is small, our vision
poor-
You will forgive us, I am sure;
And if the world we do not hate-
It's up to you to set us straight.
Which is better-tell me now-
Dunsany or a china cow?
You never heard the former's
name?
Thus perishes his chance for fame.
I wish my words were big and
grand;
Then this no one could under-
stand-
But if I try with all my might,
I can say pseudo-erudite.
So thanks, Bernard, you are so
smart,
(You know this comes straight
from my heart)
Without you I'd not always frown,
And thoroughly revile the clown.
What's bad is good-this much you
fixed;
What's good is bad-or am I
mixed?
To us poor unenlightened souls,
Hold up the Light-we are but
moles.
Yes, Pendulums swing from day to
day-
But Rosenberg is here to stay.
-Martin J. Cohn,.
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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Racial Solution
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND:
"FROM PRETENDING that the race problem
does not exist, Americans have swung to
the opposite extreme of fearing trouble in their
communities almost any day" Avis D. Carlson
states in this month's Survey Graphic.
This fear has developed into something which
approaches a national phobia. Each new inci-
dent is played up by the press, magnified beyond
its importance, commented upon by critics and
columnists, discussed endlessly.
This discussion in itself is good because it
shows a necessary concern. But at the same
time discussion must be enlarged and directed
into constructive efforts to prevent "incidents"
before they happen. Futile arguments over
what might have been done are not enough.
The interest of a few citizens is not enough.
Racial intolerance is a community problem
which can be met only by united action.
Philadelphia, which has had an influx of more
than 100,000 southern Negroes since 1940, is an
outstanding example in the success of this new
technique of dealing with racial problems. -
When evidences of friction began to grow,
seven interested groups united to form the Fel-
lowship Commission whose purpose is to work
quietly and efficiently in heading off trouble.
jA TYPICAL CASE was that of the Richard
Allen Homes, a low cost housing project
intended for Negro families who had been
moved out when their slum homes were razed
but had no decent place to go. Opposition to
Negro occupancy of the housing units was raised
by white defense workers, and the situation
threatened to develop into another Sojourner
Truth incident.
The Commission acted immediately and ef-
fectively. Facts were taken to the newspapers
and to the Commission's own peripheral or-
ganization, churches and civic groups, which
used its influence to help. Public opinion was
united and so many letters and telegrams were
sent to newspapers and housing authorities
that results were almost automatic. "Moving
day was a gala occasion celebrated by both
white people and Negroes, not a day to make
the city hang its head in shame for years to
come," Mrs. Carlson writes.
This same method could be used- with equal
success in thousands of other cases all over the
country. Probably every community has already
a nuleus of interested groups or individuals
which could form an organization similar to the
Fellowship Commission. Philadelphia's success
in counteracting hate and intolerance by posi-
tive, united action points a way out of the
maze for every community.
--Jennie Fitch
On the Chinese Front.. ..
T HE MILITARY situation in China remains
grave despite earlier reports that the Chi-
nese had stalled the Japanese offensive. While
the Chinese, ably supported by General Chen-
nault's Fourteenth Air Force, have defended
their positions stubbornly, the odds still favor
the Japanese. At last report only 160 miles sepa-
rated the main enemy column driving south
from Hankow from the secondary force moving
up from Canton. Henyang, though still hold-
ing out, seemed doomed. There remained, how-
ever, two possibilities of preventing a complete
Japanese victory. The enemy appeared to have
underestimated the striking power of the Four-
teenth Air Force, and there was some hope
that constant strafing of his supply lines might
vet weaken him s osrinlyas tn heklr hi
City Bosses Behind Truman
By DREW PEARSON
CHICAGO, July 21-The smoke-filled room
at the Democratic convention turned out
to be Ed Flynn's suite in the Blackstone Hotel.
(Leo Crowley's might have been also, except
that he doesn't permit smoking.)
It was from Ed Flynn's room that the big-
city bosses put in the telephone call to "the
boss in the White House" which got the
delegates up in arms against city-boss dic-
tation.
The boss in the White House wasn't in the
White House at the time, but at another
point, not easily accessible by telephone.
However, FDR was finally reached by phone,
and several of the big-city bosses took turns
talking to him. Those present with Flynn
were Boss Hague of Jersey City, Boss Ed
Kelly of Chicago and Boss Bob Hannegan
of the Democratic National Committee.
Kelly and Hannegan did most of the talking.
They wanted the President's O. K. on Senator
Truman of Missouri for Vice President-and
they got it. In fact, the President, according
to what they said after they hung up, wanted.
Truman to the exclusion of Wallace, Senator
Barkley or any other Vice Presidential candi-
date.
It was after word of this dictum percolated
out that Senator Barkley of Kentucky threat-
ened to withdraw his speech nominating
Roosevelt for a fourth term. Barkley indi-
cated that, if the President didn't want him
as Vice President, then he didn't want F. D.
Roosevelt as President.
Barkley's nominating speech had already
been mimeographed and sent to the press,
so the idea of his recalling the speech sent
shivers up and down the spinal columns
of the bosses.
Barkley didn't resent the letter Roosevelt
wrote for Wallace. But he did resent the
fact that the President, after telling the
convention to debate "the pros and cons,"
then turned around and instructed the
bosses that he definitely wanted Senator
Truman. Barkley was spurred on by his
son-in-law, Max Truitt, and by Max's law
associate Bill Stanley, former assistant to
Attorney General Homer Cummings. Never-
theless, he was pretty sore on his own.
However, "Dear Alben" was not the only
one who was sore. When word leaked out
that the big-city bosses had talked to the
White House boss and were swinging the
convention to Truman, plenty of other dele-
gates were sore too.
OLD FIGHT AGAHST MACHINES
What they objected to was that the con-
vention should be run by the city ma-
chines of Chicago, the Bronx, Jersey City
and St. Louis, which threw their weight in
favor of a man who owed his political start
to the city machine of Kansas City. It
looked to a lot of -delegates as if the big-city
bosses were playing with their old friend,
Kansas City's Pendergast, now out of jail
after serving his time.
All of this made some delegates who didn't
like Henry Wallace climb on his bandwagon.
The fight between Southern rural Demo-
crats and the Northern Democratic ma-
chines of New York, Chicago, Boston and
other big cities, is old and deep-rooted.
Woodrow yilson suffered from it somewhat
when he was nominated in 1912 through
the support of Tammany and the Roger
Sullivan machine in Chicago. Again in
1924, it split the party wide open when
Northern city Democrats demanded Al
Smith, while Southern rural Democrats de-
manded William G. McAdoo.
And it was fanned into flames again at
this convention.
Remarked one Democrat who has battled
for Roosevelt during twelve long years:
"Roosevelt has been dictating to the party for
so long that you boys don't know what to do
without being dictated to. He turns the
convention loose-and what is the first thing
you do? You run to the telephone and ask
him to do some more dictating."
NOTE-What many delegates wondered
was what prosecutor candidate Tom Dewey
would do with a Democratic ticket on which
the Vice President was a product of Pender-
gast, picked by Pendergast's old cronies. Sen-
ator Truman is a man of scrupulous honesty,
with a great reputation for cleaning up war
inefficiency. But nevertheless, many argued
that a city-boss product, picked by city bosses,
would just be playing right into the hands of
Dewey.
(Copyright, 1944, United Features Syndicate)
SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1944
VOL. LIV No. 15-S
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Notices
University of Michigan Men's Glee
Club: Important rehearsal Monday,
July 24, 7 to 9 p.m., 3rd Floor, Michi-
gan Union, in preparation for the
All-Campus Sing next week. All men
on campus including servicemen are
cordially invited to come to this
rehearsal and join the club in this
event. David Mattern
Candidates for the Teacher's Cer-
tificate for August and October:
Please call at the office of the School
of Education, 1437 University Ele-
mentary School, on Wednesday or
Thursday, July 26 and 27, between
1:30 and 4:30 to take the Teacher's
Oath. This is a requirement for the
certificate. -
Registration: Students who took
registration blanks are reminded that
these blanks are due back in our
office one week after the date they
were taken. They should be returned
to the office of the University Bureau
of Appointments and Occupational
Information, 201 Mason Hall.
University Bureau of Appointments
and Occupational Information
Mr. Brady from the Eastman Ko-
dak Company, Rochester, N.Y., will
be in the office Tuesday, July 25, to
interview women with one or more
years of Chemistry or Physics; Me-
chanical Engineers, Chemical Engi-
neers. Make appointments at the
Bureau, 201 Mason Hall, or call
Extension 371.
University Bureau of Appointments
and Occupational Information'
City of Detroit Civil Service an-
nouncements for Electric Crane Op-
erator, Sr. Landscape Draftsman and
have been received in our office. For
complete details stop in at 201 Mason
Sr. Assistant Landscape Architect,
Hall. Bureau of Appointments.
Post-War Employment Outlook,
Guidance and Occupational Confer-
ence will be on Tuesday, July 25,
7:30 p.m. Rackham Lecture Hall.
Following the speeches an oppor-
tunity will be given the audience to
ask questions.
The speakers and their topics are:
National Post - War Employment
Needs, Dr. Hugh B. Killough, Acting
Chief Employment and Occupational
Outlook Branch, U.S. Department of
Labor. Plans of Business and Indus-
try for Veterans and Civilians, Mr.
Allen B. Crow, President, The Eco-
nomic Club of Detroit. Cooperation
of Labor in Post-War Employment,
Mr. Victor B. Reuther, Assistant Dir-
ector, War Policy Division, UAW-
CIO. Personal and Vocational Ad-
justment and Placement of Veterans,
Colonel Lewis B. Cuyler, Headquar-
ters, Army Air Forces Personnel Dis-
tribution Command.
The meeting is sponsored by Uni-
versity Bureau of Appointments and
Occupational Information.
Lectures
Tuesday, July 25: Professor Preston
W. Slosson, Department of History,
will present his weekly lecture "In-
terpreting the News" at 4:10 p.m.,
Rackham Amphitheatre. The public
is cordially invited.
Sr. Ernesto Delgado of Colombia
will present a talk in Spanish, "Cos-
tumbres Campesinas de Colombia,"
at the next meeting of the Sociedad
Hispanica on Tuesday, July 25, at
8 p.m. in the League. The public is
invited without charge.
Speech Assembly: Wednesday, July
26 Professor Claribel Baird will give
a program of selected readings at the
assembly of the Department of
Speech at 3 p.m. in the Rackham
Amphitheatre. The program is open
to the public.
Wednesday, July 26: Dr. Jose Per
domo of Colombia will lecture in
Spanish on "dolombia-Donde Em-
pieza Sur America" at 8 p.m., Kellogg
Auditorium. Open to the general
public without charge.
Thursday, July 27: Professor Shih
Chia Chu will give his weekly lecture
on Chinese Civilization at 4:10 p.m.,
Rackham Amphitheatre. The title of
this week's lecture will be "Cultural
Relations Between China and the
West."
Friday, July 28: Dr. Ernest J. Sim-
mons, Director of the Intensive Study
of Contemporary Russian Civiliza-
tion being held at Cornell University
this summer, will lecture on "Soviet
Russian Literature" at 4:10 p.m.,
Rackham Amphitheatre.
Academic Notices
Graduate Students in Speech: A
symposium dealing with practical
theatre will be held at 4 p.m. Mon-
day by the Department of Speech in
the West Conference Room of the
Rackham Building.
Make-up examinations in History
will be given on Friday, July 28, from
3-5 in Rm. C, Haven Hall. All stu-
dents wishing to take such an exami-
nation should consult with their ex-
aminers by Monday, July 24.
Visual Education Class and All
Students Eunrolled in the School of
Education: Film topics for today and
tomorrow are as follows:
(Held in Kellogg Dental Institute
Auditorium.) Monday, July 24, 2-3:
Clothing; Cotton Goods: From Seed
to Cloth (2 reel). 3-4: The Story of
Leather (2 reel) ; Protecting the Con-
sumer.
Tuesday, July 25, 2-3: Light Waves
and Their Uses; Unseen Worlds;
Thermodynamics. 3-4: Moving X-
Rays; Liquid Air; Vacuum Tubes in
Radio.
Doctoral Examination for Robert
Frank Witter, Biological Chemistry;
thesis: "The Metabolism of Mono-
.bromobenzene, Benzene, Benzyl Chlo-
ride, and Related Compounds in the
Rabbit," Wednesday, July 26, 317
West Medical, at 2 p.m. Chairman,
H. B. Lewis.
By action of the Executive Board
the Chairman may invite members of
the faculties and advanced doctoral
candidates to attend this examina-
tion, and he may grant permission
Dominie Says
ON A prominent corner in Ann Ar-
bor is a sign "For Russia, God
and Victory-Leave Your Bundles
Here." Thus the problem of com-
munication is before us again. Says
Parker in Experience and Substance:
"Understanding is coming upon your-
self in another mind." The maker
of this sign wished to be for the Rus-
sian people but not for the atheistic
socialist form of social control; hence
this combination of words. What
does carry your idea? Is it conveyed
by the words, the accent, the deed,
the facial expression, the tone of
voice? Must one speak a given
language and then combine all these
other expressions in it if he expects
to be understood definitely and
quickly? Here is a problem of far-
reaching importance to education, to
religion, to statecraft, to personality,
to family life, to world government.
Within the world break-up of old
patterns of behavior, old ways of
business, old means of transporta-
tion, old advertising methods, old
groupings of persons, and old so-
cial controls, we are forced to de-
vise a new language or try new
uses of former language. The
communication of persons is back
of the communication of ideas and
in front of them is the use of words.
The words dip into- the stream
of past experiences and pour a
flavor into a new stream which we
think of as the present. Now these
streams, whether they are streams
of ideas or streams of emotion, or
streams of intention, or streams of
consciousness or streams of sym-
bols, are the, main consideration.
We feel that this reasoning gets
us close to reality.
"For Russia, God and Victory"-
a phrase as strange as the four free-
doms and as challenging as he At-
lantic Charter, may well become a
symbol of the war we are living
through. He but half lives in this
revolutionary epoch who fails to feel
at home with the strange partners
we have made, fails to touch should-
ers with the productiveworker, skips
the man in uniform, or stands apart
from the sad mourner whose son is
buried in the Atlantic. Our western
world, as we all know it, has been
saved from Nazi domination and ty-
ranny- by the Russians. How can we
enter into community with them?
How thank those who have saved
Europe? Bundles become the lang-
uage of a grateful people. While
we repudiate dictator method, with-
hold our approval of the purges, and
regret the former curtailment of re-
ligious freedom, we insist upon bun-
dies, for the bundles tell what is
deeper than systems of government,
experiments in economics or forms
of belief.
The religious man, therefore, in-
sists that the God common to the
devout Orthodox and to us seems
to bereshaping our mistken i-
ternational awkwardness. There
is a humanitarian essence which is
forcing us to get acquainted. The
God whose family of mistaken
children can settle their differenc-
es only by a war of exhaustion is
causing His healing influence to
have its way in spite of our lack of 1
communication. That sign on the
corner may turn out to be a sermon
of far-reaching educational merit.
"I know that my unity with others
cannot be shut off by a frontier or a
government decree. I know that all
men everywhere are brothers and
equals and my true welfare is found
in my unity with the whole world."
(Leo Tolstoi, Confessions.)
Edward W. Blakeman
Counselor in Religious Education
Faculty Recital: The final program
in the sonata recital series presented
by Mabel Ross Rhead, pianist, and
Gilbert Ross, violinist, faculty mem-
bers, will be given in the Lydia
Mendelssohn Theatre on Thursday
evening, July 27, at 8:30. This change
in auditorium was announced by the
School of Music so that all those
who wish to attend can be accom-
modated.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this recitalaof sonatas by
Beethoven and Mozart.
All Russian Choral Evensong: First
Methodist Church Choir, conducted
by Professor Harain Van Deursen.
School of Music. Soloists, Bonnie
Ruth Van Deursen, Soprano, and
Harriet Porter, Contralto; organist,
Irene Applin Bice. Sunday, Aug. 6,
8:30 p.m., First Methodist Church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions, College of Architec-
ture and Design:
"Look at your Neighborhood";
circulated by Museum of Modern
Art; consisting of drawings, photo-
graphs, and plans illustrating hap-
hazard building and need for good
play. Ground floor cases, Architec-
ture Building.
Student work continued on dis-
planning. South end of downstairs
corridor, Architecture Building.
Open daily, 9 to 5, through July
30, except on Sunday. The public
is invited.
BARNABY
By Crockett Johnson
Yes. All we need now, to
salvage that treasure, is
a oot. .. A sound craft-
Pop gave me
a boat, but-
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Y ou hove a boat? Why
didn't you mention it?
Cushlomochree! Where-
It's only a
little boot--
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T hat's what we need! A
little boat. Low tonnage
and shallow draft. Not
the Queen Mary, m'boy~-
But- Bornaby!
JOHN 5OtS
You don't want to Your Fairy Godfather always
bother with a toy interests himself in things
boat, Mr. O'Malley. that interest you, Barnaby.
.You're so busy- And besides, this reminds me
I used to help the New York
Yacht Club boys make up rules
for the America's Cup sloops-
Oh, yes. But always a friend of
the underdog, I sailed with the
British boats. POOR Sir Thomas
Lipton. . But come. .. There's a
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